Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER)  

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The remit of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) covers the following fields:

  • EU budget and Multiannual Financial Framework
  • Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion
  • Cohesion Policy Funds
  • Territorial Development, including the Territorial Agenda
  • Urban Policy
  • Spatial Planning and Housing
  • Territorial cooperation including Cross-border Cooperation and Macro-regional Strategies
  • Transport Policy, TEN-T and Missing Links
  • Regional statistics and indicators

The COTER Secretariat is also responsible for the official EU register of the EGTCs and for managing the EGTC Platform bringing together political and technical representatives of all the existing EGTCs and EGTCs under construction.

In addition, COTER is in charge of the CoR's Territorial Impact Assessments (TIAs). TIAs provide CoR rapporteurs with an analysis of the potential territorial impact of EU legislative proposals.

Joint CoR-OECD activities – in areas such as the quality of public investment, decentralisation or regional, urban and rural development – are also managed by COTER. The key objective of the cooperation is to strengthen political dialogue between the OECD and EU local and regional governments and ultimately improve public policies that foster economic and social well-being.

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Head of Unit: Marie-Claire Neill-Cowper

Assistant to the HoU: Maria Smyth

Administrators:

  • Florian Achleitner, in charge of General Transport Policy, TEN-T, Missing links, Road Transport, Rail Transport, Maritime and Inland Waterways, Aviation
  • Marek Bobis, in charge of Budgetary Policy, Multi-Annual Financial Framework, ESIF, Territorial Agenda
  • Igor Caldeira, in charge of TIA: Coordination of CoR Territorial Impact Assessments, Regional Statistics and Indicators, European Territorial Cooperation
  • Slaven Klobučar, in charge of EGTC: Management of EGTC Platform, Cross-border cooperation, European Territorial Cooperation
  • Delphine Langlois, in charge of Macro Regions, Territorial Devlopment, Urban Policy, ESIF
  • Gustavo López Cutillas, in charge of ESIF, Urban Policy, Housing, Spatial Planning, Outermost Regions, OECD Relations
  • Gordon Modro, Deputy Head of Unit, in charge of Cohesion Policy, ESIF, Urban Policy, Territorial Agenda
  • Lucy Tober, in charge of General Transport Policy, TEN-T, Missing Links, Road Transport, Rail Transport, Maritime and Inland Waterways, Aviation


Assistants:

  • Vacant, in charge of the general support to COTER Commission and BUDG Working Group
  • Rui Cordeiro da Silva​​, in charge of the management of EGTC register, General support to ​EGTC platform and TIA activities, General Support to COTER Commission​
To contact the COTER team, please use the Contact form (subject 'Territorial cohesion policy and EU budget')

  • EGTC monitoring report 2018-2019
    Publication date: 24.03.2020
    Theme: Cross-border and territorial cooperation
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Sebastian Hans, Christian Lüer, Maria Toptsidou (Spatial Foresight) in collaboration with Chien-Hui Hsiung, Ulrike Stroissnig, Arndt Münch (ÖIR), Paola Le Moglie (t33) and Dubravka Kruljac (Mcrit).
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  • State of the art and challenges ahead for Territorial Impact Assessments
    Publication date: 18.02.2020
    Theme: REFIT and better law-making
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Roland Gaugitsch, Erich Dallhammer, Chien-Hui Hsiung (ÖIR), Frank Holstein, Flavio Besana, Sabine Zillmer (Spatial Foresight), Dubravka Kruljac and Andreu Ulied (Mrcit)
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  • The impacts of metropolitan regions on their surrounding areas
    Publication date: 06.11.2019
    Theme: Urban policy
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: E. Dallhammer, M. Derszniak-Noirjean, R. Gaugitsch (ÖIR), S. Hans, S. Zillmer (Spatial Foresight), and the case studies by M. Derszniak-Noirjean, M. Gaupp-Berghausen, R. Koscher (ÖIR), S. Hans, C. Lüer (Spatial Foresight).
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  • The contribution of the rail sector to delivering EU policy priorities at local and regional level
    Publication date: 20.09.2019
    Theme: Rail transport
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher, Jakob Weiss, Wolfgang Schausberger and Tanja Werneck (Metis GmbH)
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  • State of play of connected and automated driving and future challenges and opportunities for Europe's Cities and Regions
    Publication date: 09.11.2018
    Theme: Urban mobility
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher (project leader), Wolfgang Schausberger and Tanja Werneck (Metis GmbH).
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  • Comparative Analysis of the annexes to the Proposal for a Common Provisions Regulation (COM(2018) 375) and the CPR's annexes currently in force
    Publication date: 28.09.2018
    Theme: Financial instruments for cohesion
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Bernd Schuh, Daniela Fessl (ÖIR GmbH) and Sanja Brkanovic (RegioGro)
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  • Simplification measures in the Cohesion policy proposals for 2021-2027 and impact of the CoR political work
    Publication date: 28.09.2018
    Theme: Cohesion policy reform
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Kai Böhme, Amparo Montán Montesinos, Giacomo Salvatori, Frank Holstein (Spatial Foresight), in collaboration with Nicola Brignani, Luca Santin, and Giovanni Familiari (t33)
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  • EGTC Good Practice Booklet
    Publication date: 30.07.2018
    Theme: Cross-border and territorial cooperation
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Sebastian Hans, Christian Lüer, Amparo Montán (Spatial Foresight), Chien-Hui Hsiung (ÖIR), Paola Le Moglie and Vittoria Gnetti (t33), with additional editing from Tim Wills (t33).
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  • Spatial planning and governance within EU policies and legislation and their relevance to the New Urban Agenda
    Publication date: 03.05.2018
    Theme: Urban policy
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Erich Dallhammer, Roland Gaugitsch, Wolfgang Neugebauer (ÖIR GmbH) and Kai Böhme (Spatial Foresight GmbH).
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  • State of play and future challenges of the European Social Fund in promoting social cohesion in Europe’s cities and regions
    Publication date: 10.04.2018
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: François Levarlet and Dea Hrelja (t33 Srl) with the collaboration of Mike Beke, Roland Blomeyer, George Maridis, Elsa Perreau, Margarita Sanz (Blomeyer & Sanz), Caroline Chandler and Stephan Kreutzer (CSES).
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  • EGTC monitoring report 2017
    Publication date: 21.03.2018
    Theme: Cross-border and territorial cooperation
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Sebastian Hans, Christian Lüer, Amparo Montán (Spatial Foresight) in collaboration with Chien-Hui Hsiung (ÖIR), Paola Le Moglie and Karina Carius de Barros (t33) with additional editing from Tim Wills (t33).
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  • New financial rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union – Impact on Local and Regional Authorities
    Publication date: 19.09.2017
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jorge Núñez Ferrer (CEPS)
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